Garment-hanger.



I. E. CHENETTE.

GABVIENT. HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 191s.

L Pai-@med Feb. "il, EN,

JESSE E. CHENETTE, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.. 11, `1919.

Application led May 6, 1918. Serial No. 232,893.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE EDWARD CHE- NETTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Albany, in thecounty of Albany and ,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment` Hangers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and it relates more particularly to an improved form of portable hanger bar for supporting a plurality of garment hangers of ordinary construction.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved garment hanger which may be easily and instantaneously attached to an ordinary stationary support such as a hook,

nail or other similar element;

Another object is to provide a device of this character which is foldable into a substantially straight and narrow mass, for obtaining convenience in packing for transportation;

Another object is to provide a device of this character which consists of few and simple parts, so as to be manufactured at a comparatively low cost.

Other objects and advantages may become apparent to persons who read the following details 0f description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger attached to a stationary garment-supporting hook of ordinary construction;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device illustrated in Fig. 1, with the addition of several removable garment hangers depending therefrom;

Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental portion which illustrates a somewhat modified form of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmental View, partly in section and partly in side elevation, of the form shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to these drawings in detail in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the hook 6 may be of any ordinary construction and is secured to a wall or vertical surface 7. Likewise, the

removable garment hangers 8 may be of any ordinary construction, being provided with hooks or loops 9, by means of which they are supported on a normally horizontal hanger-bar 10. This bar 10 is provided with a shoulder Vl1 and with a pivot opening through which a pivot 12 extends, said pivot also extending through an end portion of a bar or rigid supporting element 13 which is provided with a shoulder '14. In this form of the device, the pivotally connected end portions are substantially equal in thickness,

and are each substantially equal in widthl with the width of the shoulders 11 and 14, so that the bars 10 and 13 may be swung on the pivot 12 into alinement with one another, and may also be swung into rightangled relation to one another as shown in Fig. 1. When in this right-angled relation, the shoulders 11 and 14 cooperate with the pivot 12 to prevent relative movement of these bars beyond the right-angledposition. The bar 10 is Aprovided with an aperture l5 which' receives the meeting ends of a wire loop 16 which extends upward and is engageable with the hook 7 or with any similar support so as to support the other elements of the device.

In order that arm 10 may normally stand at right angles to a horizontal line along the wall 7, I provide a bar 17 and secure its middle part to the bar 13 by means of a screw, brad or other pivot 18, and this bar normally rests against the vertical surface 7 while extending laterally from the bar 13 so as to form a substantially T-shaped element. This bar 17 is rotatable about the pivot 18 so as to bring it from its right angled relation to the bar 13 into parallel relation with the latter.

From the foregoing disclosure, it will be seen that the shoulders 11 and 14, the pivot 12, the supporting element 16 and the bar 17 mutually cooperate, in connection with the supporting elements 6 and 7, to support the bar 10 in a position at right angles to vertical and horizontal lines which coincide with the surface 7; and it may also be seen that this device may :be quickly and conveniently attached to and detached from an ordinary garment hook and folded into a convenient shape for transportation.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the vertical element 13 is bifurcated for receiving a tongue 10 of a hanger bar 10a. This form is considered somewhat stronger than the form previously described, but the device formerly described has the advantage of 'being somewhat simpler.

Although I have shown this device appli- 5 cable to a plane vertical surface, it is tol be understood that the same is applicable Where the hook 6 is secured on a batten or other connnection Which overhangs the surface 7, and in this connection, it is not beyond the 10 scope of this invention to position the loop 16 farther from the pivot l2, or to thicken the bar 17 or apply a filler between the same and the surface 7.

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention very specifically, it is to 'be understood that my invention is not limited to. these exact details of construction and arrangement of parts, b-ut I am entitled t0 make minor changes Within the scope of 20 the inventive idea disclosed in the foregoing description and following claims. l What I claim as my invention is:

1. A portable garment hanger comprising a member provided With a shoulder adjacent to one end, an arm provided With a shoulder adjacent to one end, a pivot securing the shouldered end portion of said member to the shouldered end portion of said arm and being cooperative With said shoulders for preventing movement of said arm beyond a predetermined angle relative to said member, and a loop secured to said arm and be-v ing coperative With said member and 'with a vertical surface and With a hook or similar support so as to retain said arm in a horizontal position, said arm and member being movable on said pivot .with relation to one another so as to aline these pivotally connected members for convenience in packing for transportation.V 4C

2. A portable garment hanger comprising a bar provided With a shoulder adjacent to one end, a second bar provided with a shoulder adjacent to one end. and pivotally secured to the first said bar in such relation that said shoulders cooperate With the pivot t0 prevent relative movement of these bars beyond a predetermined angle about said pivot, a third bar having itsV middle portion pivotally secured to one end portion of the first said bar, and a loop secured to the second said bar and engageable with a supporting elementy so as to support said bars, the first and second said bars being movable on their pivot into alinement, the second and third said bars being` movable on their pivot into parallel relation with one another.

In. testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. Y

JESSE E. CHENETTE.

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